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The Midwives

We hope that you enjoyed The Midwives series that was broadcast
at 9.00 pm on BBC2 over six weeks from 31st July until
3rd September. Four of the six episodes focused on
different aspects of midwifery care at Saint Mary's Hospital - the
delivery unit, student midwives, specialist maternity care, and
community midwifery.

The ambition was to create a documentary series to be proud of,
showcasing our Midwifery and Maternity services and the excellent
care we provide to women and babies from across the region.

Average viewing figures for each episode were in excess of 2
million. In comparison, the Great Ormond Street programme (same
channel and time slot) had viewing average figures of 1.4
million.

Review from The Midwives:

"Variously unsettling close-ups last week of the insides
of straining thighs: during every overhead shot following the Eton
Dorney rowers, of course, and then on
The Midwives.

"Such an unashamed attempt to cash in on the unexpected
successes of whatever they were called, Call the
Midwife, One Midwived Every Minute, Midwives 90210
and the rest, that I was determined to hate it but it was
lovely.

"Mainly the eye-opener was the midwives' ability to act towards
the mothers. These midwives were quietly moving some newborns to
corner rooms and demanding defibrillation, oxygen, ordering a
complete change of blood, and internally they were hugely
panicked about a baby's life, yet beamed nothing to the parents but
beatific reassurance. So far they've been wonderful, knackered and
right, and I'm now as gripped as tightly as during my own forceps
birth."